Yamaha PSRD1-DJX Owners Manual - Page 70
RECORDING A SAMPLE AND PLAYING IT, Set up the DJX for sampling., Enter the Sampling mode.
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DIGITAL SAMPLING RREECCOORRDDIINNGG AA SSAAMMPPLLEE AANNDD PPLLAAYYIINNGG IITT 1 Set up the DJX for sampling. If you're sampling your voice or an acoustic instrument with a microphone, connect the microphone to the MIC input jack on the rear panel. If you're sampling a line source, such as a CD player, cassette deck, or electronic instrument, connect it to the LINE IN input jack. CD player, etc. LINE IN MIC 2 Enter the Sampling mode. Press the RECORD button (in the DIGITAL SAMPLING section). RECORD indication flashes. 100Sampling RECORD Never connect a line level signal (CD player, cassette deck, electronic instrument, etc.) into the MIC input jack! Doing this could damage the DJX and its Digital Sampling functions. This automatically cancels any other DJX operation or function, and enters the Sampling mode. It also disables the MASTER VOLUME dial - the level of the sound is controlled only from the INPUT LEVEL knob. 3 Set the sampling level. Talk or sing into the microphone (or play back the connected line level source). As you do this, use the INPUT LEVEL knob to adjust the sampling level. Slowly turn it to the right until the level is appropriate. The "level meter" in the display indicates the level of the signal. Input level meter The input level bars should be consistently higher than the trigger level. If the trigger level is higher than the input signal, the signal will not be recorded. (For more information, see the boxed section "Trigger Level", on page 71.) 3 Slowly turn this until level is appropriate. Trigger level meter Normally, the trigger level (shown above) does not need to be set. However, you can change this setting if you want. For more information, see the boxed section "Trigger Level" below. 70